Editing Interstate 370 (section)

==History==
[[File:2016-10-14 13 07 31 View east at the west end of Interstate 370 in Gaithersburg, Montgomery County, Maryland.jpg|thumb|right|View east at the west end of I-370 at Sam Eig Highway in Gaithersburg]]
What is now I-370 was originally proposed as part of the Intercounty Connector in the late 1970s. The I-370 freeway opened on December 17, 1988, connecting I-270 to the Shady Grove station.<ref name= opens>{{cite news |title= 2.5-Mile Interstate Opens to Shady Grove: Congestion on Side Roads Expected to Ease |first= Sam |last= Hankin |newspaper= The Washington Post |date= December 22, 1988 |page= Md21 |id= {{ProQuest|139264766}} }}</ref> After three and a half years of construction, the freeway was four lanes wide and {{convert|2.5|mi|km}} long.<ref name= opens/> Its construction cost $169&nbsp;million (equivalent to ${{Formatprice|{{inflation|US-GDP|169000000|1988}}}} in {{Inflation/year|index=US-GDP}}{{Inflation/fn|index=US-GDP}}), with federal funds paying for 90&nbsp;percent of the cost.<ref name= opens/> The state of Maryland's portion of the cost was funded with a portion of the proceeds of a {{Convert|0.05|$/USgal|$/impgal $/l|2|adj=on}} gas tax increase in 1987.<ref name= fuels>{{cite news |title= Md. Gas Tax Fuels Washington Area;Pr. George's, Montgomery Gain $284 Million for Transportation |last= Barnes |first= Robert |newspaper= The Washington Post |date= April 29, 1987 |page= B1 |id= {{ProQuest|306862272}} }}</ref> Prior to its opening, driving from I-270 to the Shady Grove station involved exiting at Shady Grove Road and passing six traffic lights to arrive at the station.<ref name= opens/> Upon its opening, the remainder of the Intercounty Connector was planned but not yet built.<ref name=wp>{{cite news| last = Vick| first = Karl| title = Md. Tollway Remains a Road Not Taken| newspaper = The Washington Post| page=A01| date = February 3, 1997| url =https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/library/growth/transport/icc.htm| access-date = January 26, 2011}}</ref> At the time, it was the fourth shortest Interstate, after [[Interstate 878|I-878]] in [[New York (state)|New York]], [[Interstate 375 (Michigan)|I-375]] in [[Detroit]], and [[Interstate 395 (Maryland)|I-395]] in [[Baltimore]].<ref name= opens/>

In 2007, construction began on MD&nbsp;200, which was to head east from I-370. At this time, the ramp from Shady Grove Road to westbound I-370 was shifted to a new alignment.<ref name=wp2>{{cite news| title = Intercounty Connector| newspaper =The Washington Post| url =http://projects.washingtonpost.com/transportation/projects/intercounty-connector|year=2011 |access-date = June 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003193841/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/transportation/projects/intercounty-connector|archive-date=October 3, 2012}}</ref> In 2009, the lanes along I-370 were shifted to allow for construction of the MD&nbsp;200 interchange.<ref name=sha>{{cite web|access-date=January 26, 2011|title=SHA to Temporarily Shift Lanes Along I-370 for Intercounty Connector Construction  |publisher=Maryland State Highway Administration|date=June 18, 2009| url=http://connectedcommunities.us/showthread.php?t=28009 }}</ref> Construction on this segment of MD&nbsp;200 was completed in February 2011, with the road opening to traffic on February 23.<ref>{{cite web|title = First phase of ICC to open Feb. 22|work = Baltimore Sun|first = Michael|last = Dresser|date = February 7, 2011|url = http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/traffic/2011/02/fiirst_phase_of_icc_to_open_fe.html|access-date = February 7, 2011|archive-date = February 10, 2011|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110210063121/http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/traffic/2011/02/fiirst_phase_of_icc_to_open_fe.html|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref name=gazette>{{cite news|title=More than 10,000 vehicles travel on first stretch of the ICC Wednesday morning|first=Mimi|last=Liu|url=http://www.gazette.net/stories/02232011/montnew133326_32547.php|work=[[The Gazette (Maryland)|The Gazette]]|date=February 23, 2011|access-date=February 23, 2011|archive-date=February 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110227020919/http://www.gazette.net/stories/02232011/montnew133326_32547.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> As a result of the completion of MD&nbsp;200, the eastern terminus of I-370 was truncated to the west end of MD&nbsp;200, with the freeway connection to the Shady Grove station becoming MD&nbsp;200A.<ref name=2010MarylandHLR>{{Maryland HLR|year=2010|county1=Montgomery|access-date=August 10, 2016}}</ref>